i bet it was lupin!
{Dr House barges in} "It’s never lupu…sorry, what did you say?”
It fits
This is art. Thank you for taking the time to make this. You’re reviving the spirit of the best parts of the Old 'Net. :D
Omg, ty not just for saying that but for the “old net” comment too - I really felt that deeply as I made the simple edit, like a pre-nostalgic sombre post of something I might be doing for the last time (not really).
Beautiful
Didn’t anyone bother to get an airtag on those things?
Last headline I saw about this said 7 minutes. Pretty soon the thieves will be reaching back in time to grab these things.
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6 or 7 minutes you say? I’m sorry. I’ll see myself out.
Maybe they’re hoping that, by posting the wrong figure, they’ll compel the thieves to correct them, thereby revealing themselves.
can’t wait for the true crime yt essay
Congratulations, they just stole a lump of carbon or silica.
That fact they didn’t secretly GPS tag them… that’s on them, so many different ways to track “PEOPLE” let alone objects, so… who fucked up? Should have been years ago…
People legit put AirTags/gps devices on bikes and cars, etc… it could have been these items as well. Dumb!
How you gonna air tag an earring?
I never understood stealing high value items. That shit is gonna be so hot it’d take a deep network to fence.
You’re assuming they don’t have a customer yet.
Indeed, it’s not like this was opportunism.
Just give them to some local children to play with.
As an aside, am I the only one who always thought Alfred was kinda a piece of shit for that story? Like a lot of Batman stuff hasn’t aged well, but even when I first watched that movie, going scorched earth for a jewel thief was fucked up.
Some people want to watch the world burn. Alfred actually did set their world on fire and watched it burn.
Melt it down, problem solved
Genius! Melting down rubys and sapphires, why didn’t I think of that!
I mean, they don’t have that high of a melting point… you’ll end up with a lump of worthless alumina, sure, but if you really want to melt them, you can. 🤷♂️
Melt the gold/silver, the stones can be re-shaped. It will lose value but I think it’s the only way to fend it.
Things with historical value are worth far more than the cost of their raw materials. These are crown jewels, not copper pipe being sold by meth addicts.
Yeah, I know, but the thing with that is that everyone will know it’s stolen, so no one dares to buy it. Because otherwise they will sit on super rare stolen items, which could land them in prison for the rest of their lives. To the only way to fend it is to melt it down, reshape the stones and sell it for its materials for far less than it’s original value, or sell it to someone who wanted these specifically and hired you to the job. But again, why would you want to sit on something as hot as this…
These trinkets will go to a very rich collector, not through your typical “fence the goods” path. I’d check Mar-a-Lago as a first step.
1300 diamonds in Eugénie‘s crown? That shoulda been sold and given to the people long time ago. Take a pic and move on.
They were in a museum, they belonged to the people there
Liquidate some old rich people’s assets to benefit the people of France, or keep them in a box to stare at and remember how much wealthier they all were than you? “Belonged to the people” is a very loose description since they have no control over what the Louvre does.
This is your brain on workerism
Enjoy your cake
These are beautiful impressive works of art and craftsmanship and you want to sell them off for like 8 hours of government budget so they can sit in one of those rich guys collections.
You arent just going on about lame ass workerist platitudes about “benefiting the people” its not even a coherent position once you step back even a little.
Wow you love the crown. You’re unable to even think of ways to spend the money outside of government. This mentality is exactly that of Empress Eugénie’s and why the Second Empire was easily overthrown. Valuing jewels over people is astonishingly dystopian.
Sales tax on the tickets alone more than makes up for the value of the item itself though. 8.7 million visitors a year results in a shitton of tax money which benefits the people of France.
Totally, but people would still line up to see Mona Lisa. Not saying to get rid of the museum.
If the Mona Lisa were stolen; you’d have been arguing that that should’ve been sold off as well. These jewels are also historical artwork and have a rich history behind them that can never be recovered.
Sure, though it could be less people for the same ticket price.
If we look at the extreme case, removing every item from the Louvre but the Mona Lisa would result in significantly less tax income because there’s no way millions would spend [insert Louvre ticket price I am too lazy to research]€ for looking at a single painting for 5 minutes.
Museums with more items generally result in more money.
Who said to make the Louvre just the Mona Lisa?
It was an example to illustrate the relation:
Number of items ∝ Tax Revenue
Diamonds are worthless. Shiny coal. Some interesting industries applications, but you can get much better quality ones for much cheaper, if you’re looking for that kind of thing.
Diamonds are worthless is a crazy statement. Tell that to every person who has ever had to buy a diamond engagement ring.
Falling for a well known scam doesn’t make the crap you bought any less worthless.
Buy a moissanite, if you want a shiny rock. It’s prettier, almost as hard, cheaper than the overpriced cartel shit, and you won’t be financing said cartels.
(And if you just want something particularly hard or good at heat transfer, industrial diamonds are quite inexpensive.)
Just because you think something is worthless doesn’t mean you can afford to buy it.
It’s fucking carbon.
It’s one of the most common gems on Earth.
The only reason jewelry diamonds are expensive (industrial ones are cheap) is the artificial scarcity enforced by the criminal cartels controlling their monopoly.
If it’s up then it’s up. You’re opinion clearly has no effect on the market.
You’re opinion clearly has no effect on the market.
Of course not. De Beers’ does. That’s the point.
Do try to resell a jewelry diamond, though, and tell me how much profit you made.
Oh no, the world is missing some shiny rocks. I demand the planet cease rotating until these rocks are restituted!
Can’t wait for the film
I just watched the sequel, it was pretty good. Dreamworks is on some real solid shit lately
And I am so thankful its actually good because my niece has been wanting to watch it EVERY time she comes over
Noo, possibly couldn’t, they’re the good guys now
Officially as of the sequel, they’re actually dead, but unofficially they’re secret agents so anything could go now ha ha!
Best thing to do is to smash them and sell them afterwards to different people, no?
No they’re worthy because of their history
They’re too hot to sell or own. Likely will be broken down and sold as pieces
Someone should really try to beat that record should they be returned.
I’m Danny Ocean, and I approve this message.
“Guys, the jewels, go get them.”
“I don’t know much about rocks, but I know what I like, and that is rocks that sell.”
- Bain (Payday 2)
“It’s a funny fuckin’ world we live in, eh?”
- Hoxton (Payday 2)
